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Discover Ludwig"holding cell" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a jail cell or a police station jail cell. For example: The suspect was placed in a holding cell while the police investigated the crime.
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holding cell
noun
A cell in a police station or courthouse in which a prisoner is held temporarily, pending charge, trial or sentencing.
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He was placed in a holding cell in a hallway.
His stand is near a prisoner holding cell.
Today, he resides in a military intelligence holding cell.
Fade to a holding cell within the courthouse.
VIPER is the N.Y.P.D.'s netherworld, a holding cell for those who have fallen into disfavor.
She was taken to a holding cell and, "at that moment," she says, "the piece changed.
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Rooms above the stadium were converted into torture chambers and holding cells.
He said holding cells at police stations are filled to 400% capacity and prisons to 160%.
Saungkha was sitting on the bench outside the two holding cells.
Its holding cells and interview rooms – where interrogations occur – are "all the same thing", Kilroy said.
Residents said the attackers freed detainees from police holding cells before burning it.
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